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Clarkia bottae

Clarkia cylindrica

botta's clarkia, punch bowl godetia

speckled clarkia, speckled fairyfan
Stems

erect, to 100 cm, glabrous, glaucous, rarely puberulent.

erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous.
Leaves

petiole to 5 mm;

blade narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 3–10 cm.

petiole to 5 mm;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm.
Inflorescences

open racemes, axis straight in bud;

buds pendent.

open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;

buds pendent.
Flowers

floral tube 2–3 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals pale lavender to pinkish lavender, often white toward base, usually red-flecked, unlobed, 15–30 mm;

stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler;

ovary obscurely 4-grooved;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

floral tube 2–7 mm, with ring of hairs proximal to distal margin inside;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals purple to pinkish lavender shading white near middle, often reddish purple-flecked, base bright purplish red, 10–35 mm;

stamens 8, unequal, width of outer filaments about 2 times inner, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler.
Capsules

30–40 mm;

pedicel 0–30 mm.

20–50 mm, beak 3–5 mm.
Seeds

brown or gray, 1.2–1.8 mm, ± papillose, crest 0.2 mm.

brown, 1–1.5 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest 0.1 mm.
2n

= 18.

Clarkia bottae

Clarkia cylindrica
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Chaparral, woodlands, coastal scrub.
Elevation 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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California
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Discussion

Clarkia bottae is known from the Outer South Coast Ranges from Monterey and San Benito to Santa Barbara counties, throughout southwestern California, and more sporadically in the southern Sierra Nevada in Fresno and Kern counties. Reports from Del Norte, Madera, and Napa counties have not been verified.

Clarkia bottae is most closely related to C. jolonensis and may be closely related to C. xantiana; all three have 2n = 18, and spontaneous hybrids were formed when C. bottae was grown adjacent to a natural population of C. xantiana.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

As defined by Davis, the subspecies of Clarkia cylindrica have distinct but partly overlapping geographical ranges; subsp. cylindrica mainly in the South Coast and Transverse Ranges to the Tehachapi Mountain area, and subsp. clavicarpa mainly in the central and southern Sierra Nevada Foothills to the Tehachapi Mountain area. More recent collections suggest more substantial geographical overlap. Morphological variation correlates with geographical distribution, with the most consistent difference in ovary and capsule shape. According to Davis, the taxa are moderately interfertile, less so for more distantly separated individuals.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Ovaries and capsules cylindrical.
subsp. cylindrica
1. Ovaries and capsules subclavate, enlarged distally.
subsp. clavicarpa
Source FNA vol. 10. FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Fibula Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Sympherica
Sibling taxa
C. affinis, C. amoena, C. arcuata, C. australis, C. biloba, C. borealis, C. breweri, C. concinna, C. cylindrica, C. davyi, C. delicata, C. dudleyana, C. epilobioides, C. exilis, C. franciscana, C. gracilis, C. heterandra, C. imbricata, C. jolonensis, C. lassenensis, C. lewisii, C. lingulata, C. mildrediae, C. modesta, C. mosquinii, C. prostrata, C. pulchella, C. purpurea, C. rhomboidea, C. rostrata, C. rubicunda, C. similis, C. speciosa, C. springvillensis, C. stellata, C. tembloriensis, C. unguiculata, C. virgata, C. williamsonii, C. xantiana
C. affinis, C. amoena, C. arcuata, C. australis, C. biloba, C. borealis, C. bottae, C. breweri, C. concinna, C. davyi, C. delicata, C. dudleyana, C. epilobioides, C. exilis, C. franciscana, C. gracilis, C. heterandra, C. imbricata, C. jolonensis, C. lassenensis, C. lewisii, C. lingulata, C. mildrediae, C. modesta, C. mosquinii, C. prostrata, C. pulchella, C. purpurea, C. rhomboidea, C. rostrata, C. rubicunda, C. similis, C. speciosa, C. springvillensis, C. stellata, C. tembloriensis, C. unguiculata, C. virgata, C. williamsonii, C. xantiana
Subordinate taxa
C. cylindrica subsp. clavicarpa, C. cylindrica subsp. cylindrica
Synonyms Godetia bottae, C. deflexa, G. bottae var. deflexa, G. deflexa Godetiabottae spach var. cylindrica
Name authority (Spach) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 33. (1953) (Jepson) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 33. (1953) — (as cyclindrica)
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